The summer sun is always so vicious, although it is close to early autumn, but it is still like a fire on people, Chang'an City is like a big steamer at this time, Li Er has already taken the eldest grandson queen and the little slave Li Zhi and the son who is only one year old to go to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer, this era is the emperor is a privilege, and now the prince Li Chengqian is left in the court to act as the government, so either the emperor is the life of staying and suffering, the prince is only one step away from the emperor, However, Li Er was fishing drowsily in the shade of the Jiucheng Palace, while Li Chengqian was so tired that he was lying like a dog in the small study of the Lizheng Palace, dealing with political affairs that could never be finished. This is the difference, but this little Zhengtai, who is only sixteen years old, is enjoying it, even his crown princess Su Shi also took his eldest son Li Xiang, who was born less than half a year ago, with him.

Yongchangfang, a splendid mansion, this mansion is located in the place just a wall away from the prince's east palace, but it is a clear class division, in the family next to him is his eldest brother, in the court, that person is the prince, is the king, and the place between the wall lives, even if it is a prince, but it is still a minister. But the owner of this mansion didn't feel anything unusual at all, wasn't it the same to live there? Thinking about the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the house where the emperor lived at that time may not be as good as a small squire in the Tang Dynasty, but they are the emperors, they are the saints, and thousands of years later, future generations are still praising their great achievements, and the one where Emperor Yang of Sui lived can be described as Qionglou Yuyu, but it is stinking for thousands of years. So where you live is not a person's value, it's what you do. It is the greatest foundation that reflects your value.

Li Kuan didn't have the consciousness of being a master, so the huge mansion didn't have much popularity. There are only a dozen or so people, and this is because the house is too big. He felt sorry for his two maids who were too busy to stay, in fact, what he wanted more was a small space of his own, not too big, but to make him feel at ease and make him feel nostalgic. As long as there are people in this place that he wants to stay around, and there are things he wants to see, it is enough. As for whether the roof is thatched or carved on the top of the head, it doesn't really make much difference.

He is quite open-minded, because he is not good at enjoyment, and he does not like luxury. Those gorgeous clothes, those complicated ceremonial armor, if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty etiquette regulations, he would not want to wear them, every time he wore them, it was like a punishment, and there was not much protection. So he was now lazy on the edge of the artificial lake in the middle of the mansion, setting up a fishing rod, and then using a sturdy felt cloth, he made a hammock on top of the two crooked-necked trees on the edge of the lake. Lying comfortably on the top, blowing the cool breeze blowing on the lake, such a day should not be too leisurely.

Regarding the incident two months ago, Li Kuan no longer cares about it. Except that the resentment against the old fox was still stirring in his chest. Life is like this, there are highs and lows, whether it is in success or failure. As long as you can learn some lessons, some experience. Then one day when I look back and look forward to it, I will find out. It turns out that this is how I came here. No one will have smooth sailing, and no one will always wander deep and far underground, never seeing the sun. So as long as you grasp every bit and every bit around you, then these things will become a stepping stone to success in the future.

Li Kuan also enjoyed the leisurely life during this time, which allowed his experience in the last two years to be precipitated and become something that truly belonged to him, rather than countless fragments lingering in his mind, unpredictable and unconnected. So although he has been idle at home for the past two months, and even his body and bones are a little crispy, but he has completely integrated those things on Li Kuan's body, the conquest on the plateau, galloping on horseback, killing all the way, and the accumulation of evil qi on his body has made him a little bursting with his own strength, and he arrogantly thinks that he can really change the world by himself. In the flood, he found his insignificance, facing the nature of heaven and earth, even if he had the so-called back hand, but the power of heaven and earth was endless, and the things behind him seemed insignificant. Maybe one day the disaster you face is even more terrible than this one, or you can't deal with the situation that you can't deal with, so what?

Li Kuan was constantly looking for answers during this time, although the whole person became dull, and he could even sit silently for a whole day, but the harvest was also huge, in the face of bursting self-confidence, he was a little lost in himself, and even naively thought that he could really do whatever he wanted in this era, but this time he knew that this empire, in fact, the real master was still the tyrannical dragon entrenched in the sky of the entire empire. The previous indulgence was just that he let himself go, not that he really had no way to take himself, if he was ruthless, how many people with an army of 100,000 and an army of 100,000 could he defeat by himself?

Therefore, Li Kuan's sedimentary thinking during this period of time made him start to reposition his position, not fighting or grabbing, it does not mean that he can be bullied by others, and he does not say anything, it does not mean that I acquiesce, and if I do not make a move, it does not mean that I agree. Therefore, although Li Kuan was confined to his small mansion during this time, he still had countless channels to understand the situation in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Five surnames and seven wangs openly support the imperial examination promoted by Li Er, which is the most shocking thing recently, you must know that the imperial examination is breaking the foundation of these thousand-year-old families, digging their lifeblood, these families will actually agree. What kind of greasy is there in the meantime? Li Kuan doesn't have to think about it, but how did Li Er do it, and why did these families jump out to support it at this time? Why would these families give up their own interests to praise Li Er's stinky feet? This made Li Kuan see the tip of the iceberg of Li Er's methods. But he didn't think much about it, after all, the imperial examination was a good thing, the scholars of the poor family had a way out, and the status of scholars had improved. The scholars of this era are not the real rotten Confucians who were emasculated by Confucianism in later generations, but a group of students who really have righteousness in their hearts. Just like in the second year of Tongzhenguan, under the locust plague, no less than ten officials finally died in the fire, and in the case of not being able to eliminate the locusts, they felt ashamed of the emperor's favor and the people, and chose to end their lives. This made Li Kuan, who was accustomed to seeing the officials of the Great Celestial Empire, have a different feeling in his heart. So he didn't secretly do evil, even if he was sure that he could sabotage Li Er's well-planned scientific expedition without knowing it.

"Spring is not a reading day, summer is a good time to sleep!" Li Kuan muttered a crooked poem, then blew a small breeze and squinted his eyes.

"Second brother, get up, what a lazy worm!" A crisp voice came to mind beside Li Kuan, and a half-grown Lori in a pink palace dress was standing on the edge of his hammock at this time.

Li Kuan knew it as early as when this little guy came out of the moon gate on the other side of the garden, the sound of the jumping footsteps, there would be no one else except Yuzhang, Qinghe was quiet and tight, Gao Yang was still young, and he couldn't make such a loud sound, Li Lizhi had been pretending to be a lady all these years, and now the whole person walked like a small cat and couldn't hear the sound. The tone of his voice has also changed, no longer the crisp familiar taste, but everywhere seems to maintain a distance, Li Kuan is a little sad, after all, he will grow up, and he will change when he grows up, and he is no longer the little guy he was at the beginning.

Just like this time, Li Kuan has been in this Chang'an City for almost two months, this girl has only been left to enter the palace every fifteenth day of the first month to ask Li Er and his wife to meet him, the little girl who was originally flying and jumping off is slim at this time, like a green lotus out of the water, it looks very delicate, and even a smile has changed the taste, Li Kuan can see her inner struggle in her eyes, see her desire, hope to be the same as before, but also see the hint of goodbye, She knew that those years would never come back, since the last time the second brother knelt down in the dust in the Lizheng Hall for her and begged her father for the time was still unsuccessful, she understood. So she chose to change, change herself, become what others want, become what her father and mother wanted, and follow the path set by her father and emperor, don't let her second brother embarrass herself, and don't let her brother who is most attached to her be hurt.

She knew what her fate would be in the future, so she chose to distance herself, hoping that time would make each other forget, but who could have predicted what the future would be, and who would know what it would be like when they met again?

"Yuzhang, does the lady know anything? If you can't marry in the future, my brother won't give a dowry! Li Kuan opened his eyes and looked at a pair of half-grown Loli with big eyes full of longing, and immediately knew that this little girl came to wake up to get herself up fake, and it was real that she fell in love with the hammock under her.

"Hmph...... Second brother, if you don't get up again, I will give the little turtle you raised to Gao Yang, saying that it is the dowry you gave her, second brother! Yu Zhang waved his small fist, staring at Li Kuan with big eyes full of seriousness and said.

"Don't, don't worry! Second brother, get up! As soon as Li Kuan heard Yu Zhang's words, he couldn't lie down for a while, and hurriedly turned over, if Gao Yang got the little turtle, then he would become a professional turtle catcher the next day.

Yu Zhang climbed into the hammock very proudly, and her little feet stretched out on both sides of the hammock, shaking and shaking, and her mouth let out a hehe laugh, she obviously knew that what her second brother was most afraid of was Gao Yang's dowry. (To be continued......)